I have a lot of mirrors around my house, not because I like to look at myself, but because I like the light and perspective they bring to a room. Of course mirrors are also there to remind me what I look like – I am not Pollyanna any more.

Sometimes I like what I see, sometimes I don't. I used to say I didn't like my nose but I've moved on to my cheekbones now – I would like them to be higher. My best feature is my hair. It's still blond, but there's quite a bit of white now. I don't know what colour to dye it, so I am just leaving it to go its own way.

When you start acting as a child, you grow up ahead of your movies. And, if the movies make an impact on the public, the child associated with them is a child for ever more. There was a period of adjustment when I wasn't sure what to do, or who I was, or what kind of roles to take. That drove me into the theatre when I was 20, which was a great learning curve for me.

Now I focus less on my appearance and more on positives, such as the wisdom that I've gained. I have a two-year-old grandson and I am rediscovering the world through his eyes, which brings me a great deal of joy and laughter. I actually appreciate other people and experiences much more now than I ever did because, at 64, one has kind of got one's self out of the way.